Continuing a new web feature, we look at all the essential statistics ahead of this weekend’s home encounter against Gillingham.
THE IRON AND GILLINGHAM IN NUMBERS…
42 - The number of meetings between the two sides in competitive history
41 - The number of league meetings between the Iron and the Gills, with just one other encounter in the FA Cup
7-2 - Gillingham’s biggest win against Scunthorpe, coming in September 1973
5-0 - United’s biggest triumph over Gillingham in August 2016
114 - The number of goals scored between the two sides in the 42 meetings. Scunthorpe have scored 59 of those
BOTH SIDES IN 2017-18 IN NUMBERS…
1.38 - The average number of points per game Gillingham have collected on their travels this season - a better total than their average at home
1.92 - The average number of points per game the Iron have collected at Glanford Park so far this season
5 - Gillingham have won five of their 13 home games this season, drawing three and losing five
5th v 10th - The meeting against Gillingham will link up the team in fifth of the home form table against 10th in the away form table
6 - Both teams go into the encounter undefeated in their last six league matches
62% - Both teams have scored 62% of their league goals so far this season in the second half of matches
7 - The number of goals at Glanford Park out of 17 that the Iron have netted between the 76th and 90th minute
3rd v 6th - Saturday’s encounter puts the division’s third best defence against the division’s sixth best defence
FIRST MEETING...
Wednesday, August 26, 1964 - Division Three (old)
Gillingham 0-0 Iron
IRON: Reeves, Horstead, Brownsword, Lindsey, Neale, Bannister, Hutton, Kirkman, Lawther, Sloan, Ratcliffe.
LAST MEETING...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - Sky Bet League One
Gillingham 0-0 Iron
IRON: Gilks, Clarke, Wallace, Ojo (Mantom, 63), Madden (Novak, 63), Morris, Bishop, Hopper, Holmes (Adelakun, 85), McArdle, Butroid. 